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Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial Threats. Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal, and Plant Health: Workshop Summary. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011.
Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal, and Plant Health: Workshop Summary.
Show detailsFungal Diseases: An Emerging Challenge to Human, Animal, and Plant Health
December 14–15, 2010
Keck Building, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
DAY 1: DECEMBER 14, 2010
| 8:00–8:30: | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30–8:45: | Welcoming Remarks |
| David A. Relman, M.D., Chair, and James M. Hughes, M.D., Vice Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats | |
| 8:45–10:15: | Keynote Remarks |
| James M. Hughes, Moderator | |
| 8:45–9:30: | The “Good,” the “Bad,” and the “Ugly”: Fungi Mold Your World |
| Meredith Blackwell, Ph.D., Louisiana State University | |
| 9:30–10:15: | Emerging Fungal Pathogens—Past, Present, and Future |
| Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine | |
| 10:15–10:45: | Discussion |
| 10:45–11:00: | Break |
Session I. Environmental Factors Influencing the Emergence and Spread of Fungal Diseases
| Moderator: Steven Brickner, Ph.D. | |
| 11:00–11:30: | Climate, Extreme Weather Events, and Fungal Disease Emergence and Spread |
| Compton (Jim) Tucker, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| 11:30–12:00: | Trade-Mediated Spread of Fungal Disease and Resulting Shifts in Amphibian Conservation Status and Practices |
| Ché Weldon, Ph.D., North-West University | |
| 12:00–12:30: | Weather, Globalization, and Trade—Impacts on Invasion and Dispersal of Fungal Plant Pathogens |
| Jim Stack, Ph.D., Kansas State University (for Michael Jeger, Ph.D., Imperial College London) | |
| 12:30–1:00: | Geography, Climate, Dust, and Disease—Epidemiology of Valley Fever (Coccidioides Spp.) and Ways It Might Be Controlled |
| John Galgiani, M.D., University of Arizona | |
| 1:00–1:20: | Discussion |
| 1:20–2:00: | Lunch |
Session II. Case Studies of Emerging Fungal Diseases of Humans, Animals, and Plants
| Moderator: Erica Rosenblum, Ph.D. | |
| 2:00–2:30: | Predicting and Mitigating Mycoses by Merging Deep Sequencing with Global Mapping Projects (Amphibian Chytridiomycosis) |
| Matthew Fisher, Ph.D., Imperial College London | |
| 2:30–3:00: | Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen in New World Bats |
| David Blehert, Ph.D., National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey | |
| 3:00–3:30: | Knowing Where to Look—Environmental Sources of Cryptococcal Disease in Human and Animal Residents in the Pacific Northwest |
| Karen Bartlett, Ph.D., University of British Columbia | |
| 3:30–3:45: | Break |
| 3:45–4:15: | Emergence of Phytophthora ramorum in Europe and North America |
| David Rizzo, Ph.D., University of California–Davis | |
| 4:15–4:45: | Rapid Global Spread of Aggressive Strains of Puccinia striiformis on Wheat—Origins, Causes, and Consequences |
| Mogens Støvring Hovmøller, Ph.D., Aarhus University | |
| 4:45–5:15: | Discussion |
| 5:15–6:00: | Open Discussion of Day One |
| 6:00: | Meeting Adjourns |
DAY 2: DECEMBER 15, 2010
| 8:30–9:00: | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:15: | Summary of Day One: David A. Relman, M.D., Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats |
Session III. Host and Pathogen Factors Influencing the Emergence and Spread of Fungal Diseases
| Moderator: Jeff Duchin, M.D. | |
| 9:15–9:45: | Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Animals: Similarities and Differences |
| Barbara Howlett, Ph.D., University of Melbourne | |
| 9:45–10:15: | Sexual Reproduction, Evolution, and Adaptation of C. gattii in the Pacific Northwest |
| Joseph Heitman, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University | |
| 10:15–10:30: | Break |
| 10:30–11:00: | Genetic Factors and Immune Responses to Fungal Infection in Health and Disease |
| Steve Holland, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
| 11:00–11:30: | Host–Pathogen Dynamics of Amphibian Chytridiomycosis: The Role of the Skin Microbiome in Health and Disease |
| Vance Vredenburg, Ph.D., San Francisco State University | |
| 11:30–12:00: | Geomyces destructans in Old World and New World Bats |
| Gudrun Wibbelt, D.V.M., Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research | |
| 12:00–12:30: | Discussion |
| 12:30–1:15: | Lunch |
Session IV. Surveillance, Detection, and Response
| Moderator: Steve Morse, Ph.D. | |
| 1:15–1:45: | Informal Surveillance Networks for Diseases of Humans, Plants, and Animals |
| Larry Madoff, M.D., Massachusetts Department of Public Health & University of Massachusetts Medical School | |
| 1:45–2:15: | Local and National Detection Capability and Public Health Responses for C. gattii |
| Julie Harris, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| 2:15–2:45: | Global Capacity for Coordinated Surveillance, Detection, and Response to Emerging Diseases of Wildlife |
| Peter Daszak, Ph.D., EcoHealth Alliance | |
| 2:45–3:15: | Wildlife Conservation at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
| Luis Padilla, D.V.M., Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | |
| 3:15–3:45: | Break |
| 3:45–5:15: | Panel and Open Discussion |
| Speakers: Peter Daszak, Julie Harris, Larry Madoff, and Luis Padilla | |
| Discussants: David Blehert, Jacque Fletcher, and Kevin Russell | |
| 5:15–5:30: | Closing Remarks |
| James M. Hughes and David A. Relman | |
| 5:30: | Meeting Adjourns |
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